#42D5C2#42D5C2

#42D5C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5C2
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 194)
HSL	hsl(172, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 8.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -42.70, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 42.74, 182.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.1249 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.125 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7740, 52.6377, 59.3032)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5C2 #D54255

analogous

#42D579 #42D5C2 #429ED5

triadic

#42D5C2 #C242D5 #D5C242

tetradic

#42D5C2 #7942D5 #D54255 #9ED542

square

#42D5C2 #7942D5 #D54255 #9ED542

split-complementary

#42D5C2 #D5429E #D57942

monochromatic

#1C8073 #28B2A0 #42D5C2 #74E0D2 #A6EBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#42D5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5C2

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5C2	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2d4',
    500: '#42d5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5c2;
$custom-light: #8ae2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.245,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79184,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5C2

secondary

#87343F

accent

#4157E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5C2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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